NEW PATENT APPEAL RULES TO TAKE EFFECT DEC. 10, 2008

New rules concerning ex parte patent appeals are set to take effect Dec. 10, 2008.  In response to their publication in June 2008, many in the field are characterizing them as making the process more costly and cumbersome, while proponents claim they provide much...

MORE ON BILSKI AND BUSINESS METHOD PATENTS

As noted below, On October 30, 2009, the United States Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit rejected a business-method patent on the basis of the machine-or-transformation test (opinion). The widely varying dissents of the en banc decision suggest...

THE KING OF POP’S PATENT

Many titles were bestowed upon Michael Jackson during his lifetime, but one not commonly associated with him was “inventor”.   But indeed, The King of Pop is listed as a co-inventor of United States Patent Number 5,255,452,...